Jan de Rijk Logistics and China Cargo Airlines cooperate 
Jan de Rijk Logistics, based in the Netherlands, and China Cargo Airlines, headquartered in Hongqiao, have successfully managed to transport air cargo shipments by rail instead of by road. The dedicated Jan de Rijk train between Venlo (Netherlands) and Milan (Italy) allows a... more
AF-KLM-Martinair flies wine around the world
Over the past 40 years, opening bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau on the evening of the third Thursday in November has become a not-to-be-missed celebration in many countries. Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo deployed air cargo resources – including no less than four full freighters –... more
Mercedes-Benz Trucks expanding in Russia
Mercedes-Benz Trucks Vostok (MBTV) is now assembling and painting truck frames at its Naberzhnye Chelny site in Tatarstan (Russia), with immediate effect. The company has invested around EUR 1.3 million in new facilities and equipment for the frame assembly activities. The... more
Korean Air and Boeing break ground on training facility
On 25 November, Boeing participated in a groundbreaking ceremony with Incheon and Korean Air for construction of Korea's largest new aviation training facility to be located in Incheon's free economic zone. The new campus, which is slated to open in 2015 (cf. ITJ 39-40/2013, p.... more
Ceva breaks ground for new multi-user warehouse in Malaysia
The logistics and SCM service provider Ceva Logistics is to expand its footprint in Malaysia following the ground breaking ceremony of a third distribution centre in the country on 18 November. Ceva Logistics and its partner Oryx Impressions Sdn Bhd have started construction... more
Relief following Haiyan 
On 7 November one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded left a trail of destruction in the Philippines, and on the Visaya archipelago in particular, where it was named «Yolanda». International assistance is has been arriving by air. more
Ust-Luga Express offers new container rail services
A new weekly rail service called the Ust-Luga Express has been launched to offer shippers a regular and reliable rail connection between Ust-Luga Container Terminal on the Baltic Sea and the MANP inland terminal, 45 km south-west of Moscow. The service, Launched jointly by... more
Indian Railways increases cargo volume again
Indian Railways carried 593.25 million t of freight between April and October this year, 4.95% more than the 565.27 million t hauled in the like-for-like period in 2012. This year the commodities transported by the railway encompassed 37.78 million t of coal, 10.14 million t of... more
Final approvals for Etihad and Jet Airways alliance
Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates and the private Indian carrier Jet Airways have announced that they have closed the transaction for the subscription of a 24% equity stake by Etihad Airways in Jet Airways. Get more details about Etihad and the... more
Over 7 million t cargo transported
Since its foundation in November 2012, Russian Railways Logistics has transported over 7 million t of cargo, and gained over 1,000 clients. The company has opened 21 branches in Russia and launched three joint ventures, namely FELB, YuXinOu and EuroRailTrans, in order to provide... more